I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him

Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them

I miss school. What’s wrong with me?

It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.